Okay, that settles it! The name alone suggests that “Bumblebane’s Magical Academy of the Wizarding Arts” is really magically situated in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Being exposed to an unwanted overdose of a certain Mr. Potter, I can’t stop to chuckle about this story. Especially because the villain in this story actually knows his shit and did what I thought through all the magic boy’s story arc : why did nobody bring some decent guns and wasted some magic ass with them instead of holding fruitless monologues. Oh, wait.
Dryden distinguished bewteen two types of satire: “the slovenly Butchering of a Man, and the fineness of a stroak that separates the Head from the Body, and leaves it standing in its place.” This comic adds a third category — satire which tediously and stupidly bores its audience to death.
Would you look at that, an over-educated misanthrope with nothing better to do than search through webcomics telling people about the inferiority of their entertainment source. Ite flecte.
I don’t agree. Education is not a factor, it’s an affair of mind. I tend to considere myself as well educated and I did read my classics. But I didn’t prevent me too laught while reading the comic, all of them, in fact it helped me.
@Lex Apostata: Did you ever read Gargantua? Because it would really help you reconsider your vision of what is funny.
UNICORN!! And a lot of other animals, including lizards that look like they are attempting to invade the place and make a dangerous situation. XD THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BE SAFE IS IN A BUILDING SURROUNDED MY MAGICAL ANIMALS!!
yeah, obviously! b/c magical animals are all about keeping people safe, and not eating us/burning stuff/stealing treasure/world domination (or, you know, anything we humans would do with magic) Ha!
Bumblebane’s Magical Academy of the wizarding arts And Stormdoor Company.
OK, you have to be really old to get that one. OK, having read a fair number of these, yes, it is in the vein of Harry Potter, but so many other books are. Heck, even Percy Jackson has Camp Halfblood, and that’s not considered a ripoff. So if someone steals the familiar, can it be said, Hey man, he really got your goat? I’ll stop now.
Bumblebane? With a ranga kid, a bespectacled and serious lass, a “marked one”, and possible Shrek references. Very very Harry Potter. Haven’t even seen the movies/read the books and it looks like Harry Potter. With a Gryphon.
Needs more “self” and less “parody that isn’t parody”
awesome stuff. Love all of your comics
The yard is a bit overcrowded.
Okay, that settles it! The name alone suggests that “Bumblebane’s Magical Academy of the Wizarding Arts” is really magically situated in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Being exposed to an unwanted overdose of a certain Mr. Potter, I can’t stop to chuckle about this story. Especially because the villain in this story actually knows his shit and did what I thought through all the magic boy’s story arc : why did nobody bring some decent guns and wasted some magic ass with them instead of holding fruitless monologues. Oh, wait.
Well, if “Good is dumb”, then the last person he should have gone and marked is an asshole, he might just turn out to be intelligent under the facade.
Still, I agree, it’s surprising how often movies forget simple logic and/or basic tactics.
plus, assman’s got gumption. Might just turn out to be a better warrior for good than Harry Potty.
Wait a minute… is there an alien from the Lydian Option hiding behind the pixie riding a flower?
You are right Jolly Sapper. It’s an alien doing a cameo-crossover thingy-gig. Guy must be working overtime to send his kids to college.
Nice!
Or maybe he’s just a work-a-holic…..
Dryden distinguished bewteen two types of satire: “the slovenly Butchering of a Man, and the fineness of a stroak that separates the Head from the Body, and leaves it standing in its place.” This comic adds a third category — satire which tediously and stupidly bores its audience to death.
Would you look at that, an over-educated misanthrope with nothing better to do than search through webcomics telling people about the inferiority of their entertainment source. Ite flecte.
I don’t agree. Education is not a factor, it’s an affair of mind. I tend to considere myself as well educated and I did read my classics. But I didn’t prevent me too laught while reading the comic, all of them, in fact it helped me.
@Lex Apostata: Did you ever read Gargantua? Because it would really help you reconsider your vision of what is funny.
If you don’t like it, don’t read it.
Lemme guess, Lex, you’re PMSing?
If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read, and you certainly don’t have to foist your bitching on the rest of us.
I was utterly over potter but after seeing this I have new respect for Rowling, this shows that in lesser hands potter would have been utterly shite.
Replacing a naive boy with a cutthroat heartless successful businessman is going to be the biggest mistake this villain ever made.
Assuming he really is a successful businessman and wasn’t just blowing smoke to get in the girl’s pants.
Charlie Sheen is not above lying to get women in the sack.
I’m with T. Sheen’s gonna turn this into a Charlie foxtrot, big time
UNICORN!!
And a lot of other animals, including lizards that look like they are attempting to invade the place and make a dangerous situation. XD THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BE SAFE IS IN A BUILDING SURROUNDED MY MAGICAL ANIMALS!!
yeah, obviously! b/c magical animals are all about keeping people safe, and not eating us/burning stuff/stealing treasure/world domination (or, you know, anything we humans would do with magic) Ha!
Oh, Yeah–I feel REALLY “safe”, now……
Who else read “Academy of Wizarding Rats” for the first time?
Bumblebane’s Magical Academy of the wizarding arts And Stormdoor Company.
OK, you have to be really old to get that one. OK, having read a fair number of these, yes, it is in the vein of Harry Potter, but so many other books are. Heck, even Percy Jackson has Camp Halfblood, and that’s not considered a ripoff. So if someone steals the familiar, can it be said, Hey man, he really got your goat? I’ll stop now.
So Bumblebane’s related to Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson?
Definitely not Australia – we don’t have unicorns here.
“Bumblebane” is a great! name for an engineer!
Are we to believe, then, the academy is magical, not the people? Hmmm…
Bumblebane? With a ranga kid, a bespectacled and serious lass, a “marked one”, and possible Shrek references. Very very Harry Potter. Haven’t even seen the movies/read the books and it looks like Harry Potter. With a Gryphon.
Needs more “self” and less “parody that isn’t parody”
This is so messed up. I love it!
Hah! I had a character in shadowrun called Bumblebane, a decker back in 2nd ed. Ahh memories.